CotEcast Association for Elderly Medicine Education
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- Health & Fitness
CotEcast (Care of the Elderly podcast) is for clinicians who look after older patients. Entertaining discussion, debate, analysis and interviews related to Geriatric and General Medicine.
Produced by AEME, the Association for Elderly Medicine Education.
Presented by Dr Mark Garside & Dr Peter Brock
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"Ask the Expert.....Stroke Series": Complications and secondary prevention
Welcome to the fourth episode in our new CotECast series: “Ask the Expert“. This series we will be delving deeper into some of the hot topics in geriatrics and have started with a stroke mini-series! Dr Chris Taylor is back with Jonny and Emma to discuss both the complications that may develop in patients admitted with stroke and secondary prevention.
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“Ask the Expert…..Stroke Series”: Acute treatment of ischaemic stroke
Welcome to our new CotECast series: "Ask the Expert". This series we will be delving deeper into some of the hot topics in geriatrics and we are going to be starting with a stroke mini-series! This is the thrid episode in this mini-series and Dr Chris Taylor is back to discuss acute treatment of ischaemic strokes.
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"Ask the Expert.....Stroke Series": Imaging
Welcome to the second episode in our new CotECast series: "Ask the Expert". In this series we will be delving deeper into some of the hot topics in geriatrics and we have started with a stroke mini-series! Today we are joined by Dr Chris Taylor, stroke physician, to discuss imaging in patients with suspected stroke.
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"Ask the Expert.....Stroke Series": Diagnosis and Assessment
Welcome to our new CotECast series: "Ask the Expert". This series we will be delving deeper into some of the hot topics in geriatrics and we are going to be starting with a stroke mini-series! Today we are joined by Dr Chris Taylor, stroke physician, to discuss diagnosis and assessment of patients with a suspected stroke.
Useful Links:
Shake,rattle and roll: The Epley Manoeuvre (and Dix Hallpike) MiniGem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4XHPWFajQs&t=113s
Peter Johns HINTS examination educational video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-VTKPweuk -
"What we've learnt this week...." Episode 14
Welcome to the fourteenth episode in the "What we've learnt this week..." series. These are short 15 minute or so podcasts where we discuss topics we have encountered in the preceding weeks; whether it be on the wards, in a journal, at teaching or even on Twitter!
Join Christina, Dilani, Emma and Hannah this week as they discuss an unusual cause of medication related hypernatraemia, CT head scans as part of delirium work up, FRAX and progressive supranuclear palsy.
Useful links this week:
FRAX: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/
Sign Guideline 157: https://www.sign.ac.uk/media/1423/sign157.pdf
PSP Association: https://pspassociation.org.uk/information-and-support/what-is-psp/
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"What we've learnt this week...." Episode 13
Welcome back to CotEcast! Having had a little break from recording due to Covid-19 the AEME gang are back with the thirteenth episode in the “What we’ve learnt this week…” series. These are short 15 minute or so podcasts where we discuss topics we have encountered in the preceding weeks; whether it be on the wards, in a journal, at teaching or even on Twitter!
This week Chris, Christina, Dilani, Hannah and Emma discuss tips for assessing and managing delirium in inpatient and patients at the end of life; serotonin syndrome; stroke myth busting and highlighting how our elderly patients often have atypical presentations.
Useful links this week:
https://madeinheene.hee.nhs.uk/PG-Dean/Faculty-of-Patient-Safety/Delirium-Project/Delirium-Educational-Events/Delirium-Marchathon-1-17-March-2021
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/UKMi_QA_Whatisserotoninsyndrome_FINAL2020.pdf